West Palm Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 81,539 people and 38 constituent neighborhoods, West Palm Beach is the 19th largest community in Florida.

West Palm Beach is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Palm Beach is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in West Palm Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.16%), sales jobs (11.50%), and management occupations (8.22%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of West Palm Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in West Palm Beach use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of West Palm Beach's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

West Palm Beach Information and Demographics

The education level of West Palm Beach citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.86% of adults in West Palm Beach have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in West Palm Beach in 2000 was $23,188, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,752 for a family of four.

West Palm Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Palm Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West Palm Beach is White, followed by African-American. West Palm Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.40% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in West Palm Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, Haitian, and Jamaican.

West Palm Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.71%.

The most common language spoken in West Palm Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.